Effect of Benzene Hexachloride and Chlordane on Certain Soil Organisms1

1 June 1951

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 44 (3) , 426-427
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/44.3.426

Abstract

Benzene hexachloride at 1 1b. of gamma isomer per acre greatly reduced damping-off in conifer seedlings caused by Rhizoctonia and also caused a decline in the number of mycorrhizal rootlets. Chlordane had no effect at 10 lb. per acre on these organisms. Neither benzene hexachloride nor chlordane at the stated dosages appeared to influence the formation of nodules on roots of black locust.